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Vintage Photographic Portraiture at the Boston Athenaeum

April 25, 2009

Sally Pierce curator, prints & photographs, BA

Sally Pierce discusses the images displayed in the exhibition cases in the Bayard Denry Long Room of the Boston Athenaeum. This collection includes daguerreotypes, cartes de visite, tintypes, and other vintage examples of photographic portraiture.

Topics: Art & Architecture | History

Sub-Topics: 2D | Art History | Home & Garden | Photography

Presented by WGBH and Boston Athenaeum:

Front and Center: Portraits from the Boston Athenaeum's Collection

David Dearinger

Belinda Rathbone: Tea with Miss Rose

Belinda Rathbone

Belinda Rathbone, co-author of Tea with Miss Rose, talks about the life and times of Rose Nichols, the Bostonian spinster who gathered a regular crowd at her townhouse on Beacon Hill in the 1950s to discuss art, politics, and world affairs over a cup of Hu-Kwa.

Henry Butler: Inclusive By Design Concert (Part 1)

Henry Butler, a New Orleans piano legend who has been blind since birth, along with visual artist, Nancy Ostrovsky, demonstrate principles of Universal Design in the performing arts.

Running Dry: The Colorado River

Jonathan Waterman

Jonathan Waterman started shooting photographs on his expeditions three decades ago, but also found his calling as a writer and author.

The Road to Justice: Civil Rights and Legal Developments

The United States made enormous progress toward racial justice since World War II. Fred D. Gray, one of the nation’s preeminent civil rights lawyers, analyzes legal developments in this field, drawing on his own leading role in many landmark civil rights cases.

Amy McCoy: Poor Girl Gourmet

Learn a lesson in eating well, but frugally, from blogger and now cookbook writer Amy McCoy.

Boston Lithography 1825 - 1880 the Boston Athenaeum Collection

Author: Sally Pierce, Catherina Slautterback

Publisher: Boston Athenaeum Library (1991)

Binding: Hardcover, 191 pages

Early American Lithography Images to 1830: Images to 1830

Author: Georgia Brady Barnhill, Catharina Slautterback, Sally Pierce

Publisher: Boston Athenaeum Library (1997)

Binding: Paperback, 87 pages

Whipple And Black: Commercial Photographers in Boston

Author: Sally Pierce

Publisher: Boston Athenaeum (1988)

Binding: Hardcover, 132 pages

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